Austin Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Austin.
Ryan Farley
Hokie Alum, currently Co-founder @lawnstarter.
Paul Janowitz
Investor
Founder @icanmakeitbetter, @sentient-services • Investor @greenling, @csidentity • Angel investing - tech, CPG, restaurants. Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Aidan Augustin
Co-Founder and CEO of @feathr. Kaizen practitioner with a passion for human interaction and an irrepressible drive to change the world.
Wade Floyd
Founder at @needto-1.com, People Builder, Problem Solver
Jonas Weigert
VT:CS Grad, Founder at LawnStarter
Steve Rafferty
Founder and CEO of ActiveProspect.
Chad Keck
Founder & CEO @promoter-io, Advisor @remote-garage, Leader @appfog, launched @hp-cloud, helped build & launch cloud platforms @rackspace.
http://www.chadkeck.com
Ravi Kotichintala
Investor
Founder BOXC • Cofounded SocialMD, Syntric • Scalability Junkie • Lifted heavy Java in B2B at @alterpoint, @commerce-one, @exterprise-acquired-by-commerce-one • Background in Physics, CS & Art
Kathleen Blackwell
Investor
Kathleen Blackwell is a classically trained pianist. SONY CLASSICAL. Founded Saucy-Wear sold to Williams-Sonoma. Partner XYZ2Y Ventures.
Evan Phelps
Founder/CEO itzat. Colby College. Background in Development Economics. Passion, Vision and Energy.
Mike Langford
CEO of finservMarketing. Created Tweetworks to bring conversations to Twitter. 20yrs in financial services. Passion for tech, social media and video.
http://mikelangford.me/
Evan Hammer
CEO at @smart-host • Sales Engineer at @autonomy • Computer Science at @brown-university
Damian Thompson
Investor
Sales Freak. Marketing Nerd. Biz Dev Dork. Leadership Geek. Founder of @demand-genesis VP North America @ground-labs
http://demandgenesis.com/blog
Prabhakar Gopalan
VP Products, Khorus.com. Founder kanban2go.com. Whole Product Manager building behavior changing SaaS & Mobile Apps. Product Design, UX, Customer Development.
Madison Wickham
Investor
CEO of Grandex Inc | Grandex On Twitter: @TotalFratMove, @TotalSratMove, @RowdyGentleman, @PostGradProblem, @GRANDEXinc
http://wickh.am
Sam Hyatt
Founder @locata-co. Previous founder @biicast.
Charlie Jackson
CEO / PM - Technology Projects
Anthony Blatner
Taylor Hou
Founder & Head of Product @remark • Learned SaaS @appfolio • Studied Supply Chain @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Shawn Bose
Investor
Poppabear, Interweb Genius, Closet Academic, Rumpshaker Extraordinaire, Dimpled & Dangerous. Founding team uShip, Founder of Deily, Investor in ATX Seed Fund.
Amado Guloy
CEO and Founder @rex • Product Development and Intellectual Property Strategist • Studied at @northwestern-university, @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Anthony Richardson
Author of "FULL-SCALE: How to Grow Any Startup Without a Plan or a Clue". Growth marketer, founder, board member, advisor etc.,
Scott McElroy
Social Entrepreneur. Leader @ehco. Bus dev. Creative Strategy. @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Eric Dayal
McCombs evening MBA student graduating in May 2015 with MIS undergrad. Strong IT Project Management and Business Process Improvement background.
Carlos Voltron
CEO/Founder of Cake Intake. 3 acquired ventures.
Tay Sarian
Sales professional of 8 years.
Bob Quillin
Founder/CEO of StackEngine, former CEO of CopperEgg. Austin-based. Previously CMO/VPM at Hyper9, nLayers, Packeteer. Acquired by VMware, SolarWinds, & EMC.
Jon Read
Founder @noow • We help people successfully complete their physical therapy
Chris Eddy
Founder at Trekr Inc. and creator of Blipic. Industrial Designer and Outdoor Adventurist gone Entrepreneur.
Gokul Anandayuvaraj
Founder Vinveli • Worked on building small satellites for @nasa-jpl , @us-air-force @rockinfrnz 1st startup out of high school • Rocket Scientist @ut-austin
Jeffrey Cardenas
Lauren Foster
Founder Stretch Recipes (Stret¢h) • Worked @meritage-homes-corporation at @comcast, @us-cellular • Studied at @columbia-college-chicago, @woodbury-university
http://www.stretchrecipes.com/blog
Noel Geren
Investor
Founder/CTO @zoomrank - @sprinkl-io - Founding member @hrlogix (acq by @first-advantage) - Software Developer - Hardware Hacker - Extraordinaire
Christopher Molaro
Officer at @us-army, Founder @things-we-read • Studied at @united-states-military-academy
Christopher Mueller
Founder Lab7 Systems • Worked at Life Technologies, Array BioPharma, Research Systems • Studied at Notre Dame, IU B'ton
Zia Word
Co-founder Lialina, Fewe.st, AFTR & Guerrilla Gameshow. Worked with large brands bringing digital to life. Tech, Creative, Growth hacking, Marketing & business
Jake Glascock
Drama King
Ross Clurman
Perpetual student, agile entrepreneur, and sarcasm advocate. Launched and sold my first startup in < 2 years. Now navigating my next: Comnio™.
http://rossclurman.com/blog
Igor Ramos
Investor
Technology entrepreneur. Inventor (8 patents). Worked at @caterpillar, Studied BSEE @uic, MSEM at MS&T. @six-sigma-black-belt.
LaVonda Thornton
Founder Lovely Jewelz Event Planning • Worked at @sumitomo-corporation, @sandvik • Studied at @university-of-houston, @devry-university
Jeremy Koester
Founder @art-print-me prev @prime-surveying-academy • Worked at @geekdom, @rowdy-towel • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio, @wayland-baptist-university
Chris Elliott
Marketing Director with experience in Sales, CRM, and Business Development in a variety of industries. Founded 2 startups and co-founded 2 others.
http://instagram.com/chrys_anthemum
Scott Moore
Founder of Snapleaf, 1st startup venture. Worked at @jp-morgan, @xerox • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology